Mr. Zaragoza rebuked the United States (under the current administration) for its use of tear gas on a large group of the caravaners who were attempting to illegally cross the border into the United States.

It is interesting to note that when tear gas was used multiple times by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on those attempting to cross the border illegally under the previous administration — 26 times in 2012, 27 times in 2013, 15 times in 2014, eight times in 2015 and three times in 2016 — I don't recall hearing a peep out of Mr. Zaragoza related to negatively addressing those events.

Bryan Thompson, Somis

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